Davis County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Moses Blackwell, Davis County, Texas, 1867
Moses Blackwell registered to vote in Davis County on July 29, 1867. He reported Tennessee as his birthplace and 6 years in Texas, 6 of them in Davis County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Davis County registered 986 freedmen in 1867, 35% of its voters.
- Tennessee
- Birthplace
- 6 years
- In Texas
- 6 years
- In the county
- about 1861
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From 1860 to 1870
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In Davis County
Moses Blackwell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Moses Blackwell
- Place of birth
- Tennessee
- County of registration
- Davis County
- Precinct
- 3
- Place of residence
- Davis County
- Registered
- July 29, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 6 years
- Years in Davis County
- 6 years
- Years in the precinct
- 6 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Blackwell in Davis County
- Allen Blackwellborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1852
- B. Blackwellborn in South Carolina, reached Texas about 1852
- E. Blackwellborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1852
- Henry Blackwellborn in Alabama, reached Texas about 1854
- Jack Blackwellborn in Arkansas, reached Texas about 1852
Blackwells elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 12 of the Davis County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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